Cardiff vs Sunderland stats and head-to-head

2017-18. Sat, 13 Jan 2018

CardiffHome

40Full time, half-time 0–0

SunderlandAway

Cardiff won by 4 goals.

WWLWDLeague form, oldest to newestDDLLW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Cardiff City Stadium. Photo: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Cardiff have 13 scored home results and Sunderland 13 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Cardiff at home: 2.08 points per match (13 measured matches); Sunderland away: 1.08 points per match (13 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Cardiff scored 1.69 per home match (13 measured matches); Sunderland scored 1.23 away (13). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.27 per club appearance across 626 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 13 of 26 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Cardiff: 1 wins; Sunderland: 0 wins; draws: 0.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half00

Second half40

The match in numbers

CardiffSunderland

21Shots3
9Shots on target0
8Corners1
23Fouls14
1Yellow cards2
0Red cards1

From shots to goals

Cardiff

Shots21
On target9
Goals4

43% of shots on target, 44% of those scored.

Sunderland

Shots3
On target0
Goals0

0% of shots on target.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

1 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Too few to read much into. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Cardiff wins

Draws

Sunderland wins

Goals / meeting

3.00

3 goals in 1 meeting · small sample

Both scored

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 1.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 2.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 3.5

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Cardiff clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Sunderland clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Corners / meeting

9.00

1 with corner data · small sample

Cards / meeting

6.00

1 with card data · small sample

Sunderland v CardiffSat, 23 Sept 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-181–2HT 0–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Cardiff at homeWDLDDW

Sat, 19 Septv Charlton3–1C 6–1 · Y 5–3
Tue, 8 Septv Stoke1–1C 7–5 · Y 1–2
Sat, 29 Augv Sheffield United2–2C 13–2 · Y 2–2
Tue, 25 Augv Norwich1–2C ––– · Y –––
Mon, 17 Augv Wrexham1–1C 9–9 · Y 0–2
Sat, 8 Augv Swindon3–2C ––– · Y –––

Sunderland awayLDWLDL

Sun, 20 Sept@ Man City3–5C 5–6 · Y 1–0
Sat, 5 Sept@ Brentford1–1C 3–4 · Y 2–3
Sat, 22 Aug@ Ipswich1–2C 5–3 · Y 3–0
Sun, 17 May@ Everton3–1C 2–3 · Y 0–3
Sat, 2 May@ Wolves1–1C 3–6 · Y 5–0
Sun, 19 Apr@ Aston Villa3–4C 5–4 · Y 3–1

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Cardiff at home, Sunderland away

52%
Both teams scored
League 50%
23 + 23 matches
91%
Over 0.5 goals
League 91%
23 + 23 matches
72%
Over 1.5 goals
League 73%
23 + 23 matches
52%
Over 2.5 goals
League 48%
23 + 23 matches
35%
Over 3.5 goals
League 25%
23 + 23 matches
13%
Over 4.5 goals
League 11%
23 + 23 matches
2.7
Avg total goals
League 2.55
23 + 23 matches
72%
1st half over 0.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
28%
1st half over 1.5
League 32%
23 + 23 matches
9.6
Corners per match
League 10.29
23 + 23 matches
65%
Corners over 8.5
League 70%
23 + 23 matches
54%
Corners over 9.5
League 57%
23 + 23 matches
37%
Corners over 10.5
League 45%
23 + 23 matches
3.4
Cards per match
League 3.63
23 + 23 matches
41%
Cards over 3.5
League 49%
23 + 23 matches
28%
Cards over 4.5
League 33%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2017-18

Home and away Overall

Cardiff at home, Sunderland away

Cardiff (home)		Sunderland (away)
2	Position	24
WWLWD	Last 5, oldest to newest	LWDDL
23	Played	23
2.26	Points per match	0.91
70%	Win %	17%
1.74	Scored / match	1.26
0.70	Conceded / match	1.78
2.43	Avg total goals	3.04
44%	Both scored	61%
48%	Clean sheets	13%
22%	Failed to score	30%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

CardiffSunderland

0.831st half scored / match0.57
0.221st half conceded / match0.74
0.912nd half scored / match0.70
0.482nd half conceded / match1.04
52%Leading at half-time35%
65%1st half over 0.578%
26%1st half over 1.530%
70%2nd half over 0.583%
39%2nd half over 1.557%
30%Scored in both halves17%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Cardiff at home, Sunderland away, this season.

Goals

CardiffSunderland

1.74Scored / match1.26
0.70Conceded / match1.78
2.43Match total / match3.04
78%Scored 1+70%
61%Scored 2+35%
52%Conceded 1+87%
9%Conceded 2+48%
65%Match over 1.578%
48%Match over 2.557%
30%Match over 3.539%

Shots and xG

CardiffSunderland

15.43Shots for9.96
10.09Shots against14.04
5.96On target for3.13
2.96On target against4.87
11%Shot conversion13%

Corners

CardiffSunderland

5.13Corners for4.35
4.30Corners against5.52
9.43Match total9.87
78%Over 7.570%
65%Over 8.565%
52%Over 9.557%
35%Over 10.539%
17%Over 11.526%

Cards

CardiffSunderland

1.17Cards for2.26
1.78Cards against1.52
2.96Match total3.78
65%Over 2.574%
26%Over 3.557%
22%Over 4.535%
4%Over 5.526%
12.91Fouls committed11.83

Referee this season

A Madley

Matches

Cards / match

3.39

33 matches

Over 3.5 cards

58%

33 matches

Over 4.5 cards

33%

33 matches

Fouls / match

26.06

33 matches

The table, 2017-18

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
1	Wolves	46	43	99
2	Cardiff	46	30	90
3	Fulham	46	33	88
4	Aston Villa	46	30	83
22	Barnsley	46	-24	41
23	Burton	46	-43	41
24	Sunderland	46	-28	37

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